Items where Year is 2008

Jordan, Sarah Catherine (2008). An investigation of the slipstreams and wakes of trains and the associated effects on trackside people and objects. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Ahasan, Mohammad Mainul (2008). Characterisation of open reading frames m29 and m29.1 in murine cytomegalovirus. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Al-Musleh, Mohamed Abubakr A. (2008). Al-Ghazali as an Islamic reformer (Muslih) : an evaluative study of the attempts of the Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali at Islamic reform (Islah). University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Appleyard, Lindsey Jemma (2008). Overcoming financial exclusion: Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) and the balancing of financial and social objectives. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Attallah, Moataz (2008). Microstructure property development in friction stir welds of aluminim based alloys. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Au, Ho Yan (2008). Grassroots unity and the Fountain Trust international conferences: a study of ecumenism in the charismatic renewal. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Baker, Keith (2008). Strategic service partnerships and boundary-spanning behaviour: a study of multiple, cascading policy windows. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Barnett, James William (2008). "I had rather be called a journalist than an artist": an assessment of the artistic credibility of the novels of H.G. Wells. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Barry, Nathan (2008). Lead-free solders for high-reliability applications: high-cycle fatigue studies. University of Birmingham. Eng.D.

Belfrage, Claes Axel (2008). The neoliberal restructuring of the welfare state : pension system reform in Sweden, a critical case study. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Bennett, Rosalie (2008). Maintaining the quality of clinical education in physiotherapy. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Bracey, Paul Edward (2008). Perceptions of an Irish dimension and its significance for the English history curriculum. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Breadmore, Helen Louise (2008). Inflectional morphology in the literacy of deaf children. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Broomhall, Anne-Marie (2008). The hunt for low-frequency modes of oscillation of the Sun: application of statistical. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Brueckner, Rene (2008). Accelerating the thaumasite form of sulfate attack and an investigation of its effects on skin friction. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Buhagiar, Joseph (2008). Plasma surface engineering and characterisation of biomedical stainless steels. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Burke, Sarah Elizabeth (2008). The doctor-patient relationship: an exploration of trainee doctors’ views. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Chesworth, John Anthony (2008). The use of scripture in Swahili tracts by Muslims and Christians in East Africa. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Chiti, Fabio (2008). Lagrangian studies of turbulent mixing in a vessel agitated by a rushron turbine: positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Clapham, Michael Charles Cornell (2008). Learning to teach in the operating room. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Craft, Edward (2008). The Changing Management of Networked Electronic Information Resources. University of Wolverhampton. Other

Curtis, Deborah Claire (2008). Advancements in nuclear waste assay. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Darker, Catherine Deirdre Dorothy (2008). Applying the theory of planned behaviour to walking : development and evaluation of measures and an intervention. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Desautels, Marc (2008). Sibling relationships. University of Birmingham. Clin.Psy.D.

Downing, Richard Mark (2008). Artificial evolution with Binary Decision Diagrams: a study in evolvability in neutral spaces. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Drew, Rachel (2008). The effects of muscle mechanoreflex stimulation via passive muscle stretch on baroreflex function in humans. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Dugbazah, Justina Eyram (2008). Gender, migration and rural livelihoods in Ghana: a case of the Ho district. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Edwards, Matthew J (2008). The formation of shires in the West Midlands: the case of Staffordshire. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Eggen, Josja Katelijne (2008). A literature review of the impact of a monitoring coping style on psychological adjustment in people with real or potentially life threatening illness AND An investigation of psychological adjustment and coping style in patients undergoing bone marrow/stem cell transplantation. University of Birmingham. Clin.Psy.D.

Foster, Robert (2008). The provision, design and effectiveness of websites for local Methodist churches. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gaillard, Léon (2008). A study of jets at the STAR experiment at the relativistic heavy ion collider via two-particle correlations. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gandavadi, Amar (2008). Working postures in dental practitioners and dental students: relationships between posture, seating, and muscle activity. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gardiner, Coral Elizabeth (2008). Mentoring: towards an improved professional friendship. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gaston, Thomas Edmund (2008). Proto-Trinity: the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in the first and second Christian centuries. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Ghosh, Sukanta (2008). Effect of stress on initiation and propagation of localized corrosion in alumninium alloys. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gianniotis, Nikolaos (2008). Visualisation of structured data through generative probabilistic modeling. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Gong, Guobin (2008). DEM [Discrete Element Method] simulations of drained and undrained behaviour. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Guldberg, Karen (2008). A case study of a blended e-learning programme for carers and practitioners in the field of autism spectrum disorders. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Hall, Michael (2008). Francis Brett Young’s Birmingham: North Bromwich – City of Iron. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Hamlett, Christopher A. E. (2008). Utilization of nanostructured surfaces for sensing applications and the use of nanoentities for the fabrication of new materials. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Harris, Matthew Edward (2008). The idea of paradigm in church history: the notion of papal monarchy in the thirteenth century, from Innocent III to Boniface VIII. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Hayford, Samuel Kweku (2008). Continuous assessment and lower attaining pupils in primary and junior secondary schools in Ghana. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Hutton, Alison (2008). The oral health needs of children, adolescents and young adults after cancer therapy for solid tumours. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Jeffares, Stephen Ruari (2008). Why public policy ideas catch on: empty signifiers and flourishing neighbourhoods. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Jia, Chunjiang (2008). Experimental investigation of semiconductor losses in cryogenic DC-DC converters. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kiernan, Patrick James (2008). Deconstructing narrative identity in English language teaching: an analysis of teacher interviews in Japanese and English. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kiernan, Patrick James (2008). Models of conversation and narrative: towards a pedagogical description. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kiernan, Patrick James (2008). Paper 1: The myth of the native speaker and Paper 2: Linguistic imperialist or cultural ambassador? The native English teacher in Japan. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kim, Myung Hun (2008). A comparison of health technology adoption in four countries (Japan, Korea, the UK, and the US). University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Kourtis, Dimitrios (2008). Neurophysiological correlates of preparation for action measured by electroencephalography. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Lambert, James (2008). British Library Additional Manuscript 24946. Description, analysis and discussion. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Lin, Li (2008). Centrifugal instability of the wake dominated curved compressible mixing layers. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Machado de Oliveira, Gisela Sofia Mendes (2008). Modulation of calcium signalling in human sperm by nitric oxide. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Matsira, Maria (2008). Extracting terms from an English-Greek popular science parallel corpus for translation teaching purposes. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Matthews, Sally Joanne (2008). Responding to poverty and injustice in the light of the post-development debate: insights from a Sengalese non-governmental organisation. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

McMitchell, Sean Robert Craig (2008). An investigation into controlling the growth modes of ferroelectric thin films using pulsed laser deposition and RHEED. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Meimandi, Mohammad Nabi (2008). ‘Just as strenuous a nationalist as ever’, W.B. Yeats and postcolonialism: tensions, ambiguities, and uncertainties. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Miconi, Thomas (2008). The road to everywhere: Evolution, complexity and progress in natural and artificial systems. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Mistry, Kaeten D. (2008). Perceptions of success: the United States, Italy and political warfare, 1945-1948. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Moore, Daniel Thomas (2008). "There are yet other kinds of work which may be done?" : aesthetic history and the representation of the Italian past, 1850-1935. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Moore, Tessa Anne (2008). Primary strategy learning networks: a local study of a national initiative. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Moreton, Emma (2008). Restoring the history of the subaltern: a corpus-informed study of ‘The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave’. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Munro, Hugh Alasdair David (2008). When do community leaders make a difference? exploring the interaction of actors and institutions. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Mwaisondola, George Nathan (2008). The modern law of mortgages in Tanzania: the role of the Land Act 1999. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Nassimi, Daoud Mohammad (2008). A thematic comparative review of some English translations of the Qur'an. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Ng, Bee Chin (2008). Tourism and economic development in Vietnam. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Parker, Catherine Ruth (2008). Arkadia in transition: exploring late Bronze Age and early Iron Age human landscape. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Partridge, Mary (2008). Images of the courtier in Elizabethan England. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Patti, Emanuela (2008). Mimesis: Figure di realismo e postrealismo dantesco nell’opera di Pier Paolo Pasolini. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Peng, Fei (2008). Essays on institutions and earnings inequality. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Persadie, Natalie Renée Beulah (2008). A critical analysis of the efficacy of law as a tool to achieve gender equality and to address the problem of domestic violence: The case of Trinidad and Tobago. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Reddington, Faye (2008). Lipid antigens and immunoregulatory iNKT cells in the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes and related autoimmune diseases. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Redwood, Mark D (2008). Bio-hydrogen and biomass-supported palladium catalyst for energy production and waste-minimisation. University of Birmingham. Ph.D. 10.1039/B616567B.

Robarts, Leslie Michael Martyn (2008). A bibliographical and textual study of the wordbooks for James Miller's Joseph and his brethren and Thomas Broughton's Hercules, oratorio librettos set to music by George Frideric Handel, 1743-44. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Rocco, Emanuele (2008). Development of a test of Newton's law of gravitation at micrometer distances using a superconducting spherical torsion balance. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Rooms, Nigel James (2008). Towards a pedagogy for inculturation: adult theological education and the interaction of Christian faith and culture. University of Birmingham. Th.D.

Sandiford, Michelle Ann (2008). Implicit and explicit attitudes of young people with type 1 diabetes towards high-fat and high-sugar foods. University of Birmingham. Clin.Psy.D.

Schaeffer, Oksana (2008). On the use of process algebra techniques in computational modelling of cancer initiation and development. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Slinn, Matthew (2008). Improvements to the biodiesel process. University of Birmingham. Eng.D.

Snape, Edward John (2008). Public law and public management: “theory” and “values” in corporation tax reform. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Swinbank, Richard (2008). Virtual forced splitting in multidimensional access methods. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Tapia Takaki, J. Daniel (2008). Physics performance studies for the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Telling, Anna L. (2008). Semantic and phonological context effects in visual search. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Thistleton, Lisa Francesca (2008). A realistic evaluation of the work of a speech and language therapy service in primary schools (the First Schools Project) using the perceptions of some of the important stakeholders (teachers, SLTs and parents). University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Thompson, Stephanie Eleanor Mary (2008). Cell biology of settlement and adhesion processes of biofouling algae. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Tomlinson, John William Bruce (2008). From parson to professional: the changing ministry of the Anglican clergy in Staffordshire, 1830-1960. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Tsang, Chi Wai (2008). CD4+ T cell recognition of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen (EBNA) - 1 in the Chinese population. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Tucker, Gary (2008). Development and application of time-temperature integrators to thermal food processing. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Twum-Danso, Afua Oppong (2008). Searching for a middleground in children’s rights: the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Ghana. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Waldemarson, Ivar (2008). ‘The glassworks’ with critical analysis. University of Birmingham. M.Phil.

Wang, Zhi Hui (2008). The impact of marketisation on higher education in post-Mao China, with case studies of universities in Yunnan Province. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Wright, Katie (2008). ‘The performance of piety’: exploring godly culture and identity in England c.1580-1640. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Yee, Chee Seng (2008). Development and validation of the BILAG-2004 Index for the assessment of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

Zhang, Jing (2008). Foreign direct investment, governance, and the environment in China: regional dimensions. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.